The price of Crude Oil is now within striking distance of $50 a barrel, putting the commodity nearly 22% above the $39.51 it touched on Aug. 2. Chatter about an OPEC production freeze makes for a good excuse, but Iran’s plans to raise its output back up to pre-sanction levels calls that into question. Also helping the bulls: Hurricane season is on the way and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration recently boosted its expectations for storm activity
